It goes without saying the fact that a dive watch is the most conspicuous timepiece you can own, and the most hard-wearing: designed to shrug off the toughest life can throw at it, and look bloody marvellous while doing so.

Date back to 2010, Audemars Piguet introduced the Royal Oak Offshore Diver to us, reference 15703. That watch made quite an impression on me to tell the truth. I am a sucker for the original Royal Oak references, from the 5402 to the current 15202, hence I really surprised myself that I liked that Diver extremely.

If Apple snatched headlines early this year, it was left to Tag Heuer to dominate the airwaves in recent weeks with the announcement of its highly own smart watch. The TAG Heuer Connected is the brand's 21st-century foray into timekeeping and more, the first watch developed by a Swiss watchmaker to feature Android Wear with Intel inside.